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U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition

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Teams from across U.S. Army Europe and Africa will meet at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, to compete for the title of Best Squad, July 31 - August 9, 2024.

The event tests the squad’s effectiveness, communication, and overall cohesion, as well as the individual Soldiers’ technical and tactical proficiency, endurance, and fortitude.

This competitive training event exercises a full range of Squad-Level Skills; highlighting professional excellence and knowledge to determine the command’s top teams.

Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the Army Best Squad Competition.

One noncommissioned officer and one junior Soldier will be selected out of the final winning squad to be named the Army’s Best NCO and Best Soldier of the Year, respectively.

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Iowa Air Guard member serves as coach mentor for hometown track team

185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard

April 25, 2023 | 4:24

B-roll video shows Air National Guard member, Lt. Col. Jennifer Carlson running and coaching her high school track team in Lawton, Iowa.

Carlson works full time as the 185th Air Refueling Wing Deputy Support Group Commander at the Iowa Air National Guard unit in Sioux City, Iowa.
She is an avid runner who says she started running in high school and never stopped.

Carlson has taken her enthusiasm for running beyond the gravel roads of rural Lawton, Iowa where she lives. Carlson recently qualified for the 2023 U.S. Triathlon Nationals after achieving a qualifying time in her age group for the event.

She said she often runs distant races around the nation with her husband Adam who is also a member of the Air National Guard. Carlson said she and her husband plan meetings at different events around the nation.

Carlson said she has been enjoying volunteering this spring as the long-distance track coach with the Lawton-Bronson high school track team. She said her goal is to get the kids interested in fitness and get them moving.

When she is not coaching students, Carlson has also put together a neighborhood walking club in Lawton where the group meets three mornings each week to walk together.

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The Competitors 2024

U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition

These are the winners of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition 24.

U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition team graphics for nine total teams representing 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, V Corps, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 2d Theater Signal Brigade, and 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. The teams will compete in the year's Best Squad Competition in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 31 - Aug. 9, 2024. Winners of this competition will advance to compete at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition.

U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition

U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition team graphics for nine total teams representing 7th Army Training Command, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, V Corps, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 2d Theater Signal Brigade, and 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. The teams will compete in the year's Best Squad Competition in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 31 - Aug. 9, 2024. Winners of this competition will advance to compete at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition

U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition

U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition Winners 2024

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